Bone Health

Osteoporosis is a common bone condition that too often goes ignored, especially for women over 50. To address the risk of this and other bone conditions including arthritis, fractures, bone tumors, back pain, pinched nerves, joint problems and more; Little Company of Mary offers a team of specialists and resources for protecting your bone health.

Leading Detection and Minimally Invasive Treatment

To detect bone conditions before injury, Little Company of Mary uses state-of-the-art systems to measure bone density such as the DEXA Bone Density Scan, X-ray and MRI technologies. Our team of dedicated staff includes board certified interventional radiologists, expert rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons who use minimally invasive treatments to prevent the pain of surgery. These treatments include: Vertebroplasty, an outpatient procedure for treating osteoporotic spinal fractures; and Kyphoplasty, which restores vertebrae to a more normal shape.

The Comfort of Expert Care

With rheumatologists on staff at Little Company of Mary, individuals can be sure that they are being treated by experts in tune with their needs. DEXA scans, Bone Mineral Density tests, and other tests are carefully reviewed with insight and experience. We offer Reclast, a once-a-year treatment for osteoporosis; as well as Remicade, a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions. All to provide a wide range of care from a single convenient place.

For more information please call 866.540.LCMH.

What should you know about Osteoporosis?

The good news - osteoporosis is preventable and treatable

Osteoporosis is a disease of bone thinning and deterioration, which leads to fractures of the wrist, hip and spine

Eighty percent of those affected by osteoporosis are women

Osteoporosis is under-recognized and under-treated not only in Caucasian women, but in African-American women as well

Women can lose up to 20% of their bone mass in the first 5-7 years after menopause

A Bone Mineral Density Test is the best test currently available to detect osteoporosis before a fracture occurs

What are the risk factors?

Getting older

Being female

Family history

Being small boned and thin

Normal or early menopause

Cigarette smoking

Alcohol consumption

Inadequate calcium intake

Taking certain medications, such as excessive thyroid hormones among others

What can I do?

Take 1000-1200 mg of calcium daily and 400-1000 IU of Vitamin D3 daily

This support group offers new mothers the opportunity to meet and share experiences with other breastfeeding women and also provides guidance from an expert LCM Lactation Consultant. Group meets every Wednesday at Little Company of Mary. All mothers and babies are welcome. No registration is necessary. Our goal is to give every mom and baby the best start possible. For lactation information, please call 708.229.5418.

To be eligible to attend this class you must be receiving your pre-natal care from a LCM staff obstetrician and be pre-registered to deliver your baby at LCMH. You must attend all 3 sessions March 30, April 6, & April 13.